by Jane Richey | Jan 25, 2013 | Free Markets
First Niagara Financial Group released its Fourth Annual Survey of Pennsylvania Business Leaders today and the results are not encouraging. The survey was conducted by the Siena College Research Institute and the results were based on the responses of 715 Pennsylvania...
by Jane Richey | Jan 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The number of Americans age 16 or older who decided not to work or even to seek a job increased by 8,332,000 to a record 88,839,000 in President Barack Obama’s first term, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the same time, the number of retired workers...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Now, at $7.15 per hour, the state minimum wage is lower than the federal minimum. Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione, recently re-appointed as Democratic chair of the Senate Labor and Industry Committee, says she planning to use her position to push for a new hike to help...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
“Economic freedom is the fundamental right of every human to control his or her own labor and property. In an economically free society, individuals are free to work, produce, consume, and invest in any way they please, with that freedom both protected by the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Ethanol and biofuel mandates in the U.S. and Europe are fueling rising hunger in Guatemala, which now has the fourth-highest rate of child malnutrition in the world — higher than in many less developed countries in Africa: With its corn-based diet and proximity to the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 9, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The state of the tea party evokes Mark Twain: Reports of its death were an exaggeration. Tea party activists who say they deliberately sat out the fiscal cliff debate are ready to reassert themselves as Congress and the Obama administration take up the debt ceiling...
